Life's Journey

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I'm tired and weary, exhausted and lonely 

What has been minutes feels like hours 

Still I don't give up, I climb higher and higher

Your presence I miss, each step of the way 

Yet I cannot stop, as much as I want to 

Your memories are like a ghost 

That keeps following in my shadow's wake 

Holding me close, keeping me alive 

The end seems so far away 

I could not turn back even if I wanted to 

I have taken the plunge and I must go on 

Step by step, one at a time, my mind whispers 

I cannot complain, for this was my decision 

And mine alone; blame goes by unshared 

Rivulets of sweat running down by bare back 

Today, I know that I'm the creator of my own destiny

In life's journey we are all alone 

Hopes and dreams fall around shattered 

But remnants of love and longing 

Keeps our heart warm as we must go on...

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